#1 (ii). Heavenly Bodies’ Gathering Over Thessaloniki

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At nautical dawn the sky is not starry, with the dazzling Moon lighting up its celestial neighbourhood and soaring above Thessaloniki, Greece. So, no stars are expected to be visible, apparently near to the Moon. Yet, there are three heavenly bodies of a different kind —Planets— that are bright enough to almost outshine the Moon (to remain visible despite the ambient moonlight). They are in multiple planetary Conjunction between themselves (and in conjunction with the Moon), as the apparent angle between every couple of them is 8° or less:

The Jupiter is the brightest planet of the planetary trio and is seen to the right of the Moon. The gas giant is the 4th brightest object in the sky (after the Sun, the Moon and Venus) and one of the outer planets.

Golden Saturn is seen between the Moon and Jupiter. The ringed outer planet is much farther away and, so, appears dimmer than them.

Reddish Mars is seen to the left of the Moon. Mars is one of the inner planets, relatively close to Earth.

There is a fourth planet which remains hidden in the conjunction: the dwarf planet Pluto is not visible to the unaided eye, but it is still there, just to the right of Jupiter and slightly lower in the sky.

For astronomical information about the heavenly bodies’ apparent celestial positions when shot (on March 13, 2020 at 05:19’ AM), please see comment: all technical data are provided.

On that day sunrise occurred at 06:12’ AM, the blue hour started at 05:17’, astronomical dawn started at 04:21’, nautical dawn at 05:03 and civil dawn at 05:42 (all times local with DST).

ISO 400, f/8, 4 sec, Canon EOS RP, Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM @ 24mm.

Taken on: May 13, 2020

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Camera: Canon EOS RP, f/8.0, 4 sec, 24mm, ISO 400 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS RP
Lens:	RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM
Aperture:	f/8.0
Exposure Time:	4
Focal Length:	24mm
ISO:	400
Exposure Bias:	-5/3 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto bracket
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop 21.1 (Macintosh)
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